- St Martin's Church,
Edinburgh (including photos of two of its Ministers)

- The Forth Bridge from South
Queensferry

QUERY: Please
e-mail me if you can tell me contact details for the person I
should contact for permission to add R A postcards to the
EdinPhoto web site. I have been unable to find these
details. To date, I have added one RA view. It is the
view of South Queensferry above. The view may well have been
taken shortly after the ferry commenced service. If so, this
card will already be out of copyright.

I believe the
firm was started by Robert Richard Ritchie (c1827 - 1892) and
was continued by his son Robert Louis Ritchie (30 Jan 1864 -
1928)

Here are some
references:"

(a)

Edinburgh GazetteJuly 17,
1925

"The
estate of Robert Louis Ritchie (trading as R.R. Ritchie),
Wholesale Fancy Good Merchant, 11, South Bridge, Edinburgh, were
sequestered on the 14th day of July, 1925, by the Sheriff of the
Lothians and Peebles."

This list is in numerical order.
In some cases cards for the same number have minor differences:
perhaps the same scene but different people or transport in the
foreground. In other cases a card may have been withdraw,-
e.g. cards showing scenes for Royal Visits, and been replaced by a
completely different scene.

William Ritchie (1824-1900)
opened a bookshop, The Edinburgh Bible Warehouse, in
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. He later opened a wholesale
stationery warehouse at 16 Elder Street holding a wide variety of
stock, and was known in the trade as "Wullie A'thing" Following the death of
William in 1900, the business was carried on by his two sons.
[PPP]

The
post card business of William Ritchie & Son began in
1903. Early cards were printed in Germany. Several logos were
used, including 'WR&S' [TR]

This is an
attractive colour postcard which captures the atmosphere of the
gardens well. This postcard may well have been published by
the Royal Botanic Gardens. There is no publisher's name on
the card,
but it states 'Crown Copyright'

This card comes from the collection
of Malcolm Cant. It is 'postcard-size' but is not a
postcard. The whole of the back of the card is taken up by
"Some Facts and Figures for The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh",
leaving no room for any address or message.